Enneagrams, Personality Types, Suns, and Moons, Oh, My!

Why are we the way we are? As in, why do we perceive things in our minds like we do and then respond to them how we do? Clearly, some of it is willful, but much of it is because of factors like where we’re from and how we were raised, what we’ve experienced (privileges, losses, big t or little T traumas), and maybe even how we were just hatched out of our eggs in the first place. Increasingly, people I know are all about the Enneagram, Personality Tests, and sun/moon signs. I’ve always had a bit of cynicism about these as I am a WOMAN OF SCIENCE SHE SAYS WITH A STRAIGHT FACE. ;) I was trained in Western Medicine and know how to analyze credible data like a mofo, but I’m also kind of a hippie and believe in worlds undiscovered and the complexity of the mind and soul. And I MORE THAN dabble in depression and anxiety, so would always love to understand why the fuck I am the way I am, and if there’s a way to make it…easier?

I was initially worried that I might fail the personality tests, which is probably a test on its own, but eventually, I did them all. Also, still laughing about when I volunteered at that Barbie convention years ago and took a horoscope matching quiz and learned that my husband and I have THE WORST MATCHED SIGNS. LIKE, OF ALL OF THEM. LIKE, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY, 100% DOOMED BY THE STARS. So that’s a fun thing to know. ;)

I’ve actually have found these tests helpful in understanding myself, and, almost as importantly, helpful in understanding the people I love. Somehow they help…